The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

That was a good afternoon.
90 minutes of cabaret (in 2x45 minutes).
A 2 course meal.
Free game of bingo.
All for......£5.75.

 

[12boy]

Bought a Samsung cordless vac the other day and it is very easy to use so I can't excuse the hairy floors no more, no more. Dogs, even little ones, generate a lot of hair.
Currently -12C, but with wind chill -23. Will get up to 12 today.
Today we will visit the oncologist and I aint looking forward to the news. The pulmonary doc will not recommend any more aggressive procedures to remove the 3 liters of pleural cavity fluid that is crushing her left lung unless it looks like Mrs 12 will be alive for at least 6 months. There is also a possibility of some more chemo. 1 out 8 women will get breast cancer in this country.
Be well and safe.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Looks great . I used to go to our local one on the Warwickshire retail park . But I gave up because I just don’t have enough years left to waste queuing . They are SO SO slow .😀

I'm not a fan of the Warwickshire retail park, on the bus it takes an hour each way and I can push my Good Lady round it in her wheelchair in half an hour, it takes half an hour to get there in the car but my Good Lady can't get into the car.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My attempt at collecting my parcel was a comical failure...

I got to the newsagents at what was clearly Todmorden's annual gathering of OAPs buying tabloid newspapers, Easter eggs, digestive biscuits, and cough sweets! The queue went almost back out of the entrance to the shop...

I waited patiently and eventually got to the front of the queue. I thought I'd just flash some ID and the parcel would be handed over. But no. They treated my parcel collection as if I were trying to withdraw £5,000,000 from the frozen bank account of a Russian oligarch. Sharp intake of breath... Yes, they did have the parcel. Yes they could see from my ID that I was indeed the intended recipient. But the collection code, man - where is the collection code?!!!

Blowed if I know! I was asked if I had a smartphone which I could use to find the code. Yes and yes. Well, yes, and perhaps... I was told to leave the queue while sorting it out. After some time, I found the parcel tracking code. I then rejoined the back of the queue. I waited patiently and eventually got to the front of the queue for the second time....

No, no, no that's a tracking code - I needed the collection code! (OFFS!!!! )

I left the queue again to try and log in to ebay, but I had forgotten my password! I called to the staff that I would come back another time...

Of course, about 30 milliseconds after getting home I found the collection code. I'll call in again tomorrow to pick up the parcel. My other one isn't due until next week so there is no hurry since I can't fit one part without the other.

That sounds a serious pain in the arse, we had a totally different experience here today, my good lady wanted to go down the local shopping park this afternoon, The arena, going to get the bus we'd got to the end of our road and the post van was parked up with the postie sorting out his round, we'd got about a hundred yards down the next road and someone called me, it was the postie, he'd recognised me and was bringing my parcel over to me.

 

[Dave7]

BBQ beef ribs and fries for us today. The mist is finally clearing now but it's still really damp

Have you cooked the ribs yourself ?

 

[ColinJ]

That sounds a serious pain in the arse, we had a totally different experience here today, my good lady wanted to go down the local shopping park this afternoon, The arena, going to get the bus we'd got to the end of our road and the post van was parked up with the postie sorting out his round, we'd got about a hundred yards down the next road and someone called me, it was the postie, he'd recognised me and was bringing my parcel over to me.

The main reason I am trying this is because my second delivery is by Hermes/Evri and they have a bad reputation for dumping parcels on doorsteps. My doorstep is actually the pavement itself, so I do NOT want that!

Today's parcel was delivered by Royal Mail so I could have had it delivered here or to Todmorden post office, which is only a few yards from the newsagents.

I should be okay now I know about the collection codes. I will also try and pick a time that is not so busy.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Wednesday night down the Park is back😎 I won't be running as I'll be minding Granddaughter while mummy goes for a run. The rest of the group will be doing " speed work " running laps of the cycle track which is exactly 1/3rd of a mile. We first started doing this session in the early 1980's
It's usually quite busy with lots of " outdoor gym " groups, football practice, couch to 5K beginner groups and the occasional Circus Skills group 😎. Then there's the occasional cricket match ( the cycle track encircles the cricket field )

 

[ColinJ]

The main reason I am trying this is because my second delivery is by Hermes/Evri and they have a bad reputation for dumping parcels on doorsteps. My doorstep is actually the pavement itself, so I do NOT want that!

And as if by magic...

So Hermes, sorry Evri delivered a parcel to me today from Wiggle.
The driver decided to leave it in front of our outside communal doorway so anyone could have just picked it up and walk away with it. Luckily I saw the email, called one of my neighbours and they took it in.
We have a trade button from 9.30am to 2.30pm. Parcel delivered at 1pm.
Lazy feckwit arsewipe driver. Hermes/Evri, nothings changed.

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[welsh dragon]

Have you cooked the ribs yourself ?

No. We have done in the past but these are from Iceland

 

[numbnuts]

No. We have done in the past but these are from Iceland

Won't they be frozen ...................OK I'll get me coat

 

[classic33]

Interesting day ahead.
1.11.45......the local pub. Once (sometimes twice) a month they have a lunchtime cabaret which includes a 2 course lunch......£5.75. The cabaret is on for 2 hours (2x1 hour slots).
2. We are going ahead with new fitted bedroom furniture. We have more or less chosen the colour and layout. The guy is coming out again later today to finalise things.

Down to 1/4 minute time slots, that's pushing it a bit. What happens if they're 15 seconds early?

 

[classic33]

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A fine row of bins.
What have I become

Have a gander at
https://www.duck66.com/WBHQ/

The Wheelie Bin Appreciation Society seems to have gone underground.

 

[Dave7]

No. We have done in the past but these are from Iceland

Were they good ie tasty without too much fat etc ?

 

[Paulus]

Have a gander at
https://www.duck66.com/WBHQ/

The Wheelie Bin Appreciation Society seems to have gone underground.

That really is sad.

 

[welsh dragon]

Were they good ie tasty without too much fat etc ?

They were really nice. And plenty for 2 people as well.